race

A race condition can occur between competing snippets, like snippets based on the same environment, or snippets that signal a winning strategy but can also stop executing.
Only Conditional Hiding Snippets are raceable.
Parameters
Name
Description
Mandatory
race start;
Begins a race, passing an arbitrary amount of winners which, by default, is 1.
Yes
race stop;
Stops a race.
Yes
Filter examples
Filter
Result
!# snippet, another, first, second

example.com#$#race start; snippet 1 2 3; other 4 5 6; another 7 8 9; race stop;

example.com#$#race start 2; first 1; second 2; third 3; fourth 4; race stop;
A snippet wins the race, and all others are flagged as losers. A registered callback to stop losing snippets from executing is then invoked.
Other resources
​Racing snippets: a PoC around competing snippets with N amount of possible winners​

Name	Description	Mandatory
`race start;`	Begins a race, passing an arbitrary amount of winners which, by default, is `1`.	Yes
`race stop;`	Stops a race.	Yes

Filter	Result
`!# snippet, another, first, second example.com#$#race start; snippet 1 2 3; other 4 5 6; another 7 8 9; race stop;` `example.com#$#race start 2; first 1; second 2; third 3; fourth 4; race stop;`	A snippet wins the race, and all others are flagged as losers. A registered callback to stop losing snippets from executing is then invoked.

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